history of the department of statistics part 2b tom hettmansperger jim rosenberger
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History of the Department of Statistics Part 2b Tom Hettmansperger Jim Rosenberger. Part 1 Bill Harkness. Department Head Search. Interviewed several external candidates during 1987-1989: William Strawderman Richard Johnson Mary Ellen Bock Friedrich Pukelsheim - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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History of the Department of Statistics
Part 2b
Tom HettmanspergerJim Rosenberger
Part 1
Bill Harkness
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Department Head Search
• Interviewed several external candidates during 1987-1989:– William Strawderman– Richard Johnson– Mary Ellen Bock– Friedrich Pukelsheim
• Finally considered internal candidates– J Keith Ord (took head of MSIS in Business)
• Then hired Dennis Lin
– Cliff Clogg– Jim Rosenberger (faculty choice)
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Tom Hettmansperger departs
• Tom flew to Europe July 1, 1990 to put space between him and the Stat. Dept.
• I became acting head, a great situation to be in, since you aren’t really responsible yet. I accepted the position, since I didn’t like the alternatives.
• I quickly learned why Tom didn’t want to be head another term!
• Spoiled children would be a good analogy.• During that year, I accepted a full three year term,
from 1991-1994. Gregory Geoffroy was dean.
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Dean Gregory Geoffroy
Appointed me in 1990, and 1991, and asked me to serve another term in 1994. Then promptly accepted the provost at UMd.
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First Hiring
Joe Schafer 1991 Bing Li 1992
I remember well the faculty meeting to decide who to hire: Bing or the other candidate.
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After the Iron Curtain fell
Arkady A. Tempelman, 1992. Ergodic Theorems for Group Actions.
Norwell, Mass.: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
First joint hire with mathematics, engineered with math head Jerry Bona.
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Some early memories 1970s
The Chief
I joined Penn State in 1975, after applying to 3 universities. When I interviewed I met: The Chief, Charles Antle, Bob Hultquist, John Wiorkowski, Frank Haight, Tom and Barb Ryan, Marllyn Boswell, GP Patil.
Tom Hettmansperger was on sabbatical at Princeton/Berkeley.
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The department was a good place to be: Pond Lab was our home.
Tom could always be counted on to teach a tough course and hold high standards.
Tom and Bill
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Picnics
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Receptions
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Intramural Sports
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Patil, Ryan, and Jim
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Astro Statistics Conferences
Babu and Feigelson AstroStatistics Conferences and Summer Schools
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Building the department from 1990-2006
• Hiring each year, always went for the best.• Improve the department facilities – new building
– Computing, offices, lounges, appearance– Hired our first full time system support person
• Joe Broniszewski, Hension Tan, Jun Recta, Gary Field• Asked dean for funds, went 50/50 • Network of Sun Unix Workstations, later Windows
– Hired top quality instructors/lecturers• Pat Buchanan, Robert Heckard, Mosuk Chow, Laura Simon,
• Open faculty meetings with student reps and minutes. Created a strategic plan, with goals.
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Improve reputation of department
• Maximize reputation through publicity about success– Awards for faculty and students– Invitations of eminent speakers and guests
• Continue program of external reviews • Built an early effective web site• Rao brought many visitors, John Nash,
etc.
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Program Changes
• 1992 added the undergraduate major– Wanted to be more visible and extend our reach.
Steve Arnold directed the major for years.
• 2001 proposed the Master of Applied Statistics – a professional degree promoted by the Sloan Foundation to improve the workforce skills. – Three years of funding to launch program
• Mosuk Chow, director of program, GJ Babu, faculty in charge
– Promised tuition funds never returned to department on permanent basis. Then decided to focus on WC.
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Program Growth with research and collaborative funds
• Research funding grew with improved faculty. Lindsay, Bing Li, Schafer, Patil, Babu, Murphy, provided RA-ships
• SCC expanded mission,
• MAS students and undergraduates provided valuable additional graders, TAs
• Vitality in department came from constant stream of young faculty.
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World Campus MAS program
• Spring 2001, began Stat 500 Applied Statistics online. M. Chow
• Fall 2001 began resident MAS program, 15 students / yr.
• Spring 2003, Stat 501 Regression Analysis online, L. Simon developed it.
• 2006 began Certificate Program with courses– Stat 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 509
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World Campus MAS program (cont.)
• In 2008 added Stat 506, 507, 510, 557
• In 2009 announced MAS online program
• In 2010 semester began admitting students to online MAS.
• In 2010/11 completing development of Stat 414, 415, 580, 581.
• Now have over 30 online MAS students
• Enrollment growing at 25-50% per year.
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Eminent Lecture Series
• The Chemerda lectures in the mathematical sciences were presented by Persi Diaconis in 1994/95.
• John Nash was the Chermerda lecturer in 2003/4
• The historian of statistics Stephen M. Stigler in 2010/11
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John Nash visit 2003